Well that lasted all of two days!!

[critter crazy]

Uggghhhh.....this is what I came home to this afternoon!



and the culprit is........
Autumn!!


I guess I should have paid more attention to the look in her eyes from the pic I took last nighht!!


Here is what the tree looked like after I picked it up

poor Tree!! My son just about burst into tears when he came home from school! But he was all too happy to re-decorate!

[Taz_Zoee]

OH no!! I guess I'm lucky that Taz doesn't try to climb the tree.
I remember when I lived at home, we had to block off the entire room to where the tree was so the animals couldn't get to it.....unless we were in there to supervise.

[lvpets2002]

Aaa Daa did I not ask in the last post of Any Kitty Attackers Yet?? Too Cute & Yes I am Laughing My mm Off.. Ok Now For Round 2 with the tree & Autumn..

[pitc9]

Sorry... but I had to laugh!

I guess some naw-tee kitty gave into temptation!

[catmandu]

THE PET ANGELS ALL SAY THAT AUTUMN IS INNOCENT!!!
THERE WAS A VERY SMALL ISOLTED EATHQUAKE THAT ONLY HIT YOUR LIVING ROOM AND AUTUMN TRIED TO KEEP THE TREE FROM FALLING, BUT WAS TOO LATE.
SCRATCHY JR ANGEL SAW THE WHOLE THING AND EXONERATES AUTUMN 100%.

IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE ALL THE WAY!!!!

[kuhio98]

The way we solved this problem was to put an eye screw in the wall then tie fishing line to it, wrap it around the trunk of the tree (in the middle will work) and then tie the other end to the eye screw. That way, if they knock the tree over, the fishing line will keep it from crashing to the floor.

Kitties are going to climb trees. It's kinda like their job.

[Medusa]

That is hilarious! She looks so innocent but then, they always do, don't they? This is why I have a "cat proof" tree. Actually, I doubt that there is such a thing but they leave it alone because there really isn't anything dangling on it. The lights and beads are on the inside. Not the prettiest tree but the most practical. I had the same ornaments for years but since my divorce, it has become too painful to drag them out every year. They all said "John and Mary" or they had the names of my RB dogs on them. I cried so hard every year until I thought "Enough already. Make some new memories." So I bought new ornaments but it was all just too tempting for the fur posse. I'd come home from work to the tree down, broken ornaments (dangerous around little paws) and a total mess. So now I have a decorated dunce cap. Oh well, at least I have a tree, my fur posse are all in good health at the moment, my son will be home. What else could I possibly want? Peace on earth? Yeah, that too. LOL

[Freedom]

Autumn was FRAMED! She was just looking at the work (to get ideas for herself?) when you came in the door. Doesn't mean she DID it!!! She demands her right - to learn from the others in the house.

[kimlovescats]

I'm sorry but I am really laughing here! SHAME ON ME!!! I know I wouldn't be laughing it were my tree!!! Sweet Autumn just looks so very innocent though! I feel bad for your little boy though, seriously, because I remember how proud he looked after decorating it! Poor boy! At least he got to do it twice!

[Donnaj4962]

Sorry, but that is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just burst out laughing when I saw the tree on the floor! And you know what... .been there, done that! Neither of my girls are tree climbers, but they love to lay under the tree and bat at the ornaments. It is NOT uncommon to come home to find ornaments that have rolled around the house!

By the way.... I am certain Autumn was framed. Where was Mocha???

[Pam]

I am sorry but I too burst out laughing. That is why I no longer have a tree. With the arrival of Andy in 1996 my tree days were over. I now have a fiber optic one with no tempting ornaments but I have even caught him chewing on the fiber optic branches.

Catmandu, I love your mini-earthquake excuse. You would make a good attorney for somebody. Maybe OJ could use you now with his recent mess of troubles.

[critter crazy]

I did find it quite funny, since it is the very first time It has ever happened in all the years of owning cats!! Leave it to Autumn!! This is her first Christmas, so I guess I can excuse her this once! The tree is back up, and looks almost like it did before it hit the ground, course now it seems to have a slight flat spot!

[Catty1]

Actually, what a BF and I did long ago was get a metal screw with a loop that you put into the wall - kind of like the screws that go into the ground to hold dog chains/leashes/whatever - and used a length of poly rope to from the wall, around the tree trunk once or twice (near the middle), and tied securely back at the wall loop.

Probably necessary for some artificial trees as well!

OOPS - sorry, Kuhio98 - you mentioned this already!

[momcat]

Are you certain beyond a reasonable doubt that Autumn is the guilty party here? Are there eye witnesses or solid evidence?

Don't worry, Autumn. If you need help here, I'm ready just let me know!

Your friend,
Groucho the Lawyer
Practice limited to Kitty Krimes and Aboose

[smokey the elder]

Autumn: "Did I do that ?"